Lavatory or urinal.



. No. 690,326. Patented Dec. 3|, |90I.

J. SHANKSV. H. SIMPSON. f

LAVATORY 0B URINAL.

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LAVATORY 0R URINAL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FEICE.

JOI-IN SI'IANKS AND HENRY SIMPSON, OF BARRHEAD, SCOTLAND.

LAVATORY OR URINAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,326, dated December 31, 1901.

Application led October 15, 1901. Serial No.78,7l4. (No model.)

.To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that We, JOHN SHANKs and HENRY SIMPSON, subjects of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and residents of Barrhead, in the county of Renfrew, Scotland, (whose postal address is Tubal Works, Barrhead, Scotland,) have invented certain Improvements in Lavatories or Urinals, of which the following is a specification. f

Our said invention relates to what are known as foldingup lavatories, principally used on board ship and in railway-carriages, and to urinals ofthe class having separate basins xed to a slab or post forming the back of the urinal.

Our invention has for its object to improve the method of securing the basins used in suchlavatories and urinals so that not only will the basins be held in place in a satisfactory manner, butalso so that the basins can be readily detached for the purpose of cleaning away any impurities which may have gathered between them and their supports.

In folding-up lavatories as hitherto geilerally constructed the basin is made with a sole, which is fixed by screws to a tray or base hinged to the cabinet forming the lavatory. The basin when attached in this way becomes practically a ixture, as the work of detaching it afterward is found to be difficult and tedious. Waterand impurities gather in course of time between the under side of the basin and the tray; but as the basin cannot be raised conveniently to enable the, impurities to be removed the result is that the lavatory soon becomes foul and malodorous. These defects and disadvantages are, however, overcome by our improved method of securing the basin to the tray.

The basin according to our invention is formed with a snug or snugs arranged to engage in a socket or sockets on the tray, a fastening-bolt hinged on the tray being arranged to engage in a slottedsnug on the basin, a thumb screw or nut on the bolt being thereafter tightened up, so as to hold the basin securely against the tray, or any other yequivalent fastening device may be employed. The basin can thus be easily detached for cleaning purposes by simply slackening the thumb-screw and then withdrawing the snug parts of the basin from the socket parts of may be dispensed with.

Amodiicationofthehereinbefore-described fixing arrangement for lavatory-basins is employed for securing urinal-basins to the back slab of the urinal.

In order that our said invention and the manner of performing the same may be properly. understood, we hereunto append two sheets of explanatory drawings, to be hereinafter referred to in describing the improvements.

Figures l, 2, and 3 on Sheet l of the drawings are respectively a longitudinal section, an inverted plan, and a back elevation of a folding-up lavatory provided with the improved xing arrangements. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively a transverse section and an inverted plan of a similar lavatory provided with a variation of the improvements. Fig. 6, Sheet 2, is a plan, and Fig. 7 a back elevation, of alavatory, showing another variation of the improved parts, Fig. S beinga vertical section of a portion of the basin and showing a special part of the improvements. Fig. 9 is a back elevation, and Fig. 10 a horizontal section, of a urinal-basin and showing the improved ixing parts applied thereto.

According to the invention, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, a snug or holding-pieceAis formed on the under side of the lavatorybasin B at the back, the snug projecting out backward from the basin-sole and engaging in a socket-piece or metalv eye C, preferablylined with rubber O, and attached to the trayD by ordinary fixing-screws C2. An-V other snug or flange projection E, having a long open central slot E', is formed on the front of the basin B, a screw-bolt E2, hinged the tray. In some cases the fastening-boltl to a pivot-piece G, fixed to the tray D, being f arranged to engage in the slot, the bolt being provided with a thumb-screw or nut E3. The basin B is shown in its fixed position on the tray D, and when in this position the back snug Aengages in the socket O and the hinged bolt Ez'in the slot E in the front snug E, the basin being held firmly in position by tightening the thumb-screw E3 down upon the angular face E4 of the front snug E, a rubber washer E5 being preferably interposed between the thumb-screw and the snug. The basin B can be easily detached from the tray IOC 1) by simply slackening the thumb-screw E3 sufficiently, sofas to allowthe hinged bolt E2 to be turned down, thereby permitting the hack snug A to be withdrawn from its socket C, and thus releasing the basin, as desired.

If preferred, two snugs A. A2, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, may be substituted for the single snug A, sockets being arranged on Y the tray D to suit, or the single snug A may are fixed opposite each other and shaped and set on the tray D so that when the basin B is in its fixed position,Fig. 4, their upwardlyprojecting fianges J3 bear against the sides of the snug H, and thus form a dovetailed'- joint connection between the parts. Rubber packing JL is preferably interposed between the flanges J3 and the sides of' the snug H. The hinged bolt-fastening arrangement previously described may be employed if desired.

In Figs. 6, '7, and 8 two inclined side parts K K2 are formed on the basin B near the outer edge of the basin-sole B', the sides being shaped similarly to the sides of the central snug H of the previous example. When the basin B is in its fixed position, Fig. 6, the inclined side parts K' K2 engage between corresponding iianged pieces L L2, as in the previous modification, so that a firm but simplydisconnected dovetail joint is formed, as before. The flanged pieces L L2 are fixed to the surface of the tray D by screws L3, as

shown in Fig. S, which is a vertical section of.

the basin B at the dotted line M N, Fig. 6, so as to show clearly an inclined side part K2 in contact with its corresponding iiange-piece L2. The hinged bolt E2, working in the slotted snug E, and the thumb-screw fastener E3 ,are preferably employed in connection with f this example.

In applying our invention to urinal-basins instead of securing such basins to the back described and shown in connection with Figs.

4 and 5 and which isclearlyindicated in Figs. 9 and l0. lVithin the backriin or fitting edge P of the basin Q, which bears against the back slab R, .a central snug S is formed on the back wall Q of the basin, the snug projecting backward toward the slab and being formed with inclinedand wedge-shaped sides, which are arranged to .t between corresponding flange-shaped pieces S S2, fixed tothe slab. When the basin Q is in its fixed position, as shown, the snug S engages lin the socket composed of the two flanged pieces S' S2, and thereby formsthedoVetail-joint fixing, as required. The central snug S is kept clear of the back slab R, so as to facilitate the close fitting. of the rim or edge P against the slab, and thus lessen the possibility of water and impurities lodging between the back ofthe basin and the slab.

What We claim as our invention is- 1. In lavatories, a basin, a tray to which it is secured, sockets on the upper face of the tray, snugs on the lower part of the basin and a bolt secured to the tray on its upper face to hold the snugs firmly in the sockets, as and for the purpose described.

2. A basin having snugs on the bottom and a flanged part in combination with a tray having sockets and a fastening-bolt on its upper face, said snugs fitting into the sockets and said bolt holding the basin to the tray through the f lange,substan tially as described.

3. A basin having a snug onv the bottom with wedge-shapedtand inclined sides,a flange on the basin, a tray having a socket for the snug and a bolt on its upper face to engage the flange on the basin, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN SHANKS. HENRY SIMPSON. Witnesses:

DAVID FERGUSON, GEORGE PATTERSON. 

